The woman who committed Kansas City, Kansas’ first homicide of 2010 won’t be getting out of prison for at least 25 years. Tynisha Story was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for shooting and killing 19-year-old Lakeasha D. Ross on New Year’s Day 2010. Categories: News Tags: homicide, Lakeasha Ross, Tynisha J. Story
Although the historic City Market has been, for 157 years, a gathering place for regional farmers selling fresh produce and local customers looking for fruits and vegetables, this Valentine’s Day will feature something different in the facility’s heated pavilion: a minister, flowers, a red carpet, and the opportunity to be married between noon and 3 p.m. This will be the…
Orlando Smith was running for his life in a parking lot after a teen dance party let out. Witnesses told police they saw Bruce Cunningham and Roland Wayne Mitchell III chasing the 19-year-old, firing a handgun at him. Smith was found dead in a parking lot near 15th and Holmes just before 1 a.m. January 17. Between 150 and 200…
Giovanni Martinez-Carino was strangled to death last May, and now one of his killers has pleaded guilty to murder charges. Admira Hamidovic, 22, pleaded guilty Friday to her role in killing the 18-year-old last year. She also pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. Categories: News Tags: Admira Hamidovic, Edgar Gonzalez, Giovanni Martinez-Carino, homicide,…
For the fifth year in a row, Congregation B’nai Jehudah in Overland Park has hosted a chicken-soup competition as a “fun-raising” event for its members, says development director Deborah Goldstein. I’ve been invited to judge the entries for several years, and yesterday’s cook-off — with both amateur and professional categories — had perfect timing. I have a cold. The judges…
Tracey Jones was driving the school bus that hit and killed 16-year-old Mason Adams in November. Jones, 23, failed to defog her windows, so she didn’t see Adams in the crosswalk. For that deadly mistake, Jones was sentenced to 15 days in jail, two years of probation and 200 hours of community service, according to the St. Joseph News-Press. But…
UPDATE: Curtis V. White has been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 49-year-old Jerome K. Henry the victim of Friday’s homicide. White is in the WyCo jail on $100,000 bond. Original Story: A man was stabbed to death in Kansas City, Kansas, on Friday evening. We have only bare-bones info at this time. Here’s what we know: Kansas City,…
The Pitch, Kansas City’s award-winning weekly newspaper and second-largest news site, is looking for a part-time online editor. The position, which is 10 hours a week, mixes writing, editing, traffic analysis, content and social-media management, and other tasks. The ideal candidates will have professional experience in some of those areas and a passion for all of them. Familiarity with HTML…
Hipster’s hipster patron saint DJ Steve Aoki headlined this night of dance, alongside and trippy electronic act Infected Mushroom. All photos by Pitch intern Allie Mason.
I’m not sure there is anything cooler than having a dinosaur named after you. Count KU grads and identical twins Celina and Marina Suarez among the coolest people ever after the two had a new species of dinosaur named for them. Geminiraptor suarezarum, “one of the oldest dinosaurs of its type ever identified in North America,” will be named for…
Great photographs and paintings are often crafted by established artists for album covers; but just as often, they’re picked up by musicians who happen to come across them. Sometimes the images are used untouched, and sometimes they are manipulated, but all are great at capturing the musician’s work visually — or a least, providing vivid, eye-catching packaging. Categories: Music Tags:…
When Greg Tugman was downsized from his job at the Lawrence-based document-scanning company Vangent last year, his wife, Sandy, saw the writing on the wall. Her teaching job at Baker University wasn’t all that stable, either. And then Greg couldn’t find another corporate job. “So I told Greg that it was time to open our cafe. It had been a…
Fresh off the success of the Sonic Spectrum David Bowie tribute show, local indie rockers Soft Reeds headlined their own local showcase to a packed house Saturday night at Crosstown Station. Also on the bill were rock outfit Mr. History and Minden, the much-anticipated new project from former Kelpie frontman Casey Burge. Categories: Music Tags: crosstown station, minden, Mr. History,…
Just how bad are the roads? How about bad enough for a school bus to slide off the road and hit a utility pole at 107th and Bales? And how about a firetruck responding to the scene crashing into the bus? Yeah, it’s that bad, according to KMBC. Two students reportedly suffered minor injuries from the first crash, according to…
UPDATE: The public visitation for longtime Kansas City Chiefs bandleader Tony DiPardo is scheduled for Tuesday, February 1, from noon to 9 p.m. in the Chicago Ballroom of the Hyatt Regency Hotel (2345 McGee in Kansas City, Mo.). Original Story (January 27): Longtime Kansas City Chiefs bandleader Tony DiPardo has died, his family told Fox 4. “Our grandpa passed away…
Adult-film star Ron Jeremy continues to dabble in food and drink. Fresh off a controversial porn shoot in a Los Angeles food truck, Jeremy will apparently be the face of a new spirit — Ron de Jeremy Rum . While it’s not yet on Web store shelves, the “adult rum” from Panama appears to be a very real product. Categories:…
A Kansas City man is in critical condition after being shot at least twice during a home invasion early Sunday morning. KCTV5 reported that the man “was trying to protect his family and home” at East 86th Street and Winchester Avenue. The man was reportedly shot at least twice during a struggle with an intruder. It’s a scary story that…
“Let’s hear it for Davey’s Uptown,” said Rex Hobart, to a rowdy crowd raising plastic cups of whiskey toward the stage of the midtown dive bar. “What the hell are you guys doing here?” It was a good question. Despite the fact that Davey’s showroom is a bit of a cave, a brief glance at the crowd made it clear…
It’s a good time to be in the market for local produce, eggs and meat. A number of area community-supported agriculture programs are now taking deposits for the upcoming season. With a CSA, you pay a fee for a portion of the harvest on a given farm or collective of farms. Some require members to work a few hours on…
Local Air Guitar Championships are always a good way to score a little joy at your fellow music nerds’ expense. Folks brought the rock (and the absurd antics) to some beloved tracks this weekend. Check out a slideshow after the jump. Categories: Music Tags: air guitar championships, slideshow
Aren’t We Clever has cooked up a pretty sexy new video for Maps for Travelers’ new single, “Static.” Red bras — and panties! — are flashed, someone gets tied to a bed, and the band drops a seriously sensual saxophone riff into the song’s bridge. Categories: Music Tags: aren’t we clever, Maps for Travelers
Lou Engle is odious and possibly deranged. But is the homophobic evangelist also a bad marketing strategist? Engle is the Kansas City-based co-founder of TheCall, a youth-oriented “radical prayer” movement. A fierce opponent of abortion rights and homosexuality, Engle raised his profile last year when he traveled to Uganda and endorsed the efforts of lawmakers there to lengthen jail terms…
Local punk rockers Zoom reunited for a couple of shows this weekend. (It’s been 17 years since the band released Helium Octipede, and 13 years since the band played together.) One of the shows was at Cowtown Ballroom (now known as Cowtown Mallroom, where vendors sell vintage finds and oddities). Check out a slideshow of Zoom and some of Cowtown…
